[mythtvnz] Recordings not happening without a reboot

[Steve Hodge]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 10:03 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 9:53 PM, Steve Hodge <stevehodge at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > And once it's working, don't mess with it. Don't upgrade myth unless
> there
> > is some feature that you really want and don't upgrade anything else at
> all.
> > I don't even bother with security related updates - my myth box is not
> > accessible from the internet.
>
> I have to say I update myth all the time with no problems (although
> always latest+fixes, never master). But then again I don't mess with
> the database manually, I don't install plugins that mess with the dB,
> I use LTS releases of ubuntu only. My database has kept going through
> many versions now, I'm not sure how to tell how old it is but at least
> since 2008. In fact June 16 2008 is my oldest (although not
> necessarily the first on this database.) I guess I missed that
> anniversary by a few days!
>

My problems were probably more to do with running Gentoo that updating Myth
per se. Issues like updated myth core packages without updated plugins such
as mythmusic or mythvideo. I know there was at least one update where myth
changed it's handling of dates in the database which caused problems for
some people. I've also had problems with lirc and kernel upgrades and other
packages myth depends on. If you're updating an entire system (e.g. from
one mythbuntu release to another) this is probably not an issue. However,
"if it ain't broke, don't fix it" is extremely sound advice, especially if
you lack the time, patience or knowledge to diagnose and resolve the
resulting issues (and I definitely lack the patience these days, at least).

Cheers,
Steve
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